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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Darrell D. Campbell, Jr., Vashon Island, WA (US);
Brett I. Lyons, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B29C 70/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/069 (2017.05); B29C 70/00 (2013.01); Y02T 50/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft wing tip device may include a unitized, monolithic leading edge torque box that may be formed of polymer matrix fiber-reinforced material. The leading edge torque box may include a skin that may define a continuous, uninterrupted outer mold line surface extending aftwardly from a winglet leading edge by a distance of at least approximately 60 percent of a local chord length. The leading edge torque box may further include at least one internal component extending between opposing inner surfaces of the skin and being integrally formed therewith.